Gotta share the love Cricket but hun i agree 100%. If women had access to proper midwifery care without stigma or huge costs, if midwives were able to get insurance for homebirth, if midwives were LEGAL in America (in several states they are not) then maybe more women would opt for homebirth.

The choice between hospital or unassisted isn't one anyone should have to make.

Ryn you believe (quite rightly) that you are perfectly capable of giving birth normally at home without assistance. You are also capable (though you might not believe it until you've done it) of getting that WITH a midwife, whatever your DH thinks. NO-ONE, as long as you are sane and conscious can make you go to hospital and wanting to homebirth is NOT insanity in the NHS's protocols. Have hope hun, you will get your next birth the way you REALLY want it, not the way you feel forced to have it.

Bx